The Veterans Affairs Medical Care System Hospital and Clinic Utilization Statistics for 1994

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 793-803

  Ashton, Carol M ^a   Petersen, Nancy J ^a   Wray, Nelda P ^a   Yu, Hong Jen ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Hospital utilization; Veterans' hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 0032091165     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199806000-00003     Document Type: Article

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